Tag: Paris
Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Rehearsals Begin in Secret Location
Like the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony is created and directed by French director Thomas Jolly. While public attention is focused on the grand opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics set to be held on the Seine River, the Paris Organizing Committee has already commenced rehearsals for the closing ceremony. RELATED: 2024 Olympics Flame Lighting […]
July 5, 2024
Paris Protesters Call for Cessation of Arms Deals With Israel
On Wednesday, in Paris, demonstrators demanded to ban the participation of Israeli arms companies in the European International Defence and Security Fair, “Eurosatory”, scheduled for next June. RELATED: Gaza Strip: Warnings About Destruction of Biodiversity The activists gathered with slogans and flags in front of the building of the French Ministry of Defense. Among […]
May 22, 2024
Police Evict Pro-Palestine Students in Paris and Lyon
On Friday, French police evicted Pro-Palestinian students who had barricaded themselves in the buildings of the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) in Paris and Lyon. RELATED: Palestinian Journalists Awarded 2024 UNESCO Press Freedom Prize Several dozen riot police officers entered the well-known building in the Latin Quarter of Paris, where students were peacefully staging […]
May 3, 2024
Pro-Palestine Students Are Attacked by French Police
On Thursday night, the Parisian police raided the Sciences Po University to evict students who were expressing their rejection of the genocide that Israel is carrying out in the Gaza Strip. RELATED: Israeli Bombings Kill 51 Palestinians in Gaza Previously, the authorities of the Sciences Po University had requested police intervention to dissolve the protest on […]
April 26, 2024
Suspicious Man Who Entered Iranian Consulate in Paris Arrested
On Friday noon, Police was taking operation around the Iranian consulate in Paris after a witness saw a man enter carrying a grenade or an explosive waistcoat, reported BFM TV. RELATED: Iran Returns to Normal After Israeli Attacks Shortly after the authorities confirmed the possible presence of a risk to people, the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) arrived […]
April 19, 2024
The Olympic Flame Begins Its Journey Towards Paris
On Tuesday, the Olympic Flame that will be burning for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games started its journey after being ignited at the birthplace of the Games in Ancient Olympia. RELATED: Injury Prevents Venezuela’s Rojas From Being in 2024 Olympics Actress Mary Mina, in the role of an ancient Greek High Priestess, lit the torch at 12.16 […]
April 16, 2024
Injury Prevents Venezuela’s Rojas From Being in 2024 Olympics
On Friday, the Venezuelan athlete Yulimar Rojas, Olympic and world champion in triple jump, confirmed that she will be able to represent her country at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games due to an injury. RELATED: Venezuela: Yulimar Rojas Gets Gold Medal With 15.15-Meter Jump “To my country Venezuela, the Olympic and sports family, and especially […]
April 12, 2024
Venezuela Registers Its Fencing Team for the 2024 Olympic Games
The Venezuelan Olympic Committee announced the registration of the national fencing team that will participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. RELATED: Russia Demands to Clarify the Participation of Neutral Athletes The delegation of this South American country is comprised of Gabriel Lugo and the Limardo brothers, Ruben, Francisco, and Jesus. This team secured their spot […]
March 26, 2024
French Farmers Break Into Rugis International Food Market
On Wednesday, French police arrested 91 people in a standoff with protesting farmers, who blocked motorways with tractors and broke into the main wholesale food market Rungis. RELATED: Farmers Set Fire in Front of the EU Parliament in Brussels The people were put under custody after they made a brief intrusion into a storage area […]
February 1, 2024
Climate Activists Hurl Soup on Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
On Sunday, Riposte Alimentaire activists threw cans of soup on La Gioconda at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, however, did not suffer any damage because it has been protected by a sheet of glass since 2005. RELATED: Farmers To Block Paris Until Macron Agrees to Their Requests The activists carried out this […]